Metallurgical Selection for Piping in the Process Industry

摘要

Many Industrial accepted standards for pressure design address all aspects of piping design for Chemical Plants and Refineries;;none discuss all of the considerations for Metallurgical Selection. These Code Standards do list materials that are acceptable for use in Chemical Plants and Refineries. Those materials include Iron castings, Carbon Steel, Low and Intermediate Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel, Copper and Copper Alloys, Nickel and Nickel Alloys, Titanium and Titanium Alloys, Zirconium and Zirconium Alloys, and Aluminum Alloys. This paper discusses some but not all of the resources that a designer can reference in properly selecting materials for an application.